Mr. Murphy of
Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed
Services

A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the
employment of an additional instructor for units of the Junior Reserve
Officers’ Training Corps in which a large percentage of the student population
is enrolled.

1.

Additional support for Junior
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps units with large student
enrollment

Section 2032 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:

(c)

Additional
instructor for units maximizing enrollment

(1)

If more than 15 percent of the qualified
students at a secondary educational institution are enrolled in the unit of the
Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps maintained at the institution and the
institution has fewer than three instructors in the program, the Secretary of
the military department concerned may—

(A)

detail additional officers and
noncommissioned officers on active duty under subsection (c)(1) of section 2031
of this title to serve as an instructor in the program at the institution to
ensure the program has three instructors; and

(B)

authorize the institution to employ
additional retired members of the armed forces described in subsection (d) or
(e) of section 2031 of this title to serve as an instructor in the program at
the institution to ensure the program has three instructors.

(2)

If the employment of an additional
instructor is authorized under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary of the military
department concerned shall cover the entire cost incurred by the educational
institution to employ the retired member of the armed forces as an instructor
in the program.